title: Breakup feared after filamin leaves GPIb.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Cranmer and colleagues demonstrate that the linkage between the cytoskeletal protein filamin A and the platelet receptor glycoprotein (GP) Ibα provides structural integrity to the plasma membrane during platelet adhesion to von Willebrand factor (VWF) under high shear.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Berny-Lang
authors.forename: Owen J T
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: McCarty